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snuff-coloured, a.
[snuff n.3 1.]
Of the colour of snuff; brown, brownish.
Cf. snuff-colour s.v. snuff n.3 4.
1787Latham Suppl. Gen. Syn. Birds I. 129 Snuff-coloured Creeper... The head, neck, and back, are of a deep cinnamon, or snuff-colour. 1803Syd. Smith Delphine Wks. 1859 I. 45 A grave old gentleman, in a peruke and snuff-coloured clothes. 1860All Year Round No. 65. 351 A man in a high and long snuff-coloured coat. 1892E. Reeves Homew. Bound 80 Dressed in deep snuff-coloured trousers and loose blouse or coat. |